Child CPR - Compressions

COMPRESSIONS

"C" is for COMPRESSIONS. For a child, place the palm of one hand in the center of the child’s chest, with your other hand on top and your fingers crisscrossed and off the child’s chest

• Position your shoulders straight over your hands and fix your elbows
• Keep your arms straight
• Push down hard & fast about 2 inches at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute
• Allow the chest to return to normal position after each compression

For a small child, use a one-handed CPR technique

• Place the heel of one hand in the center of the child’s chest
• Push down hard and fast about 2 inches at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute

Continue giving sets of 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths until: >> Breathing